Tuesday, 13 January 2009

( Daphne ) Laserdisc MPEG: Badlands

"Badlands is a laserdisc video game that Japanese game developer Konami released in arcades in 1984. In the vein of Dragon's Lair, the game lets it's players navigate through various animated sequences by pressing a single button at a precise moment (unlike Dragon's Lair, there is no joystick). Since the game is themed as an old West shooter, the function of the button is almost always the fire the main character's gun to fend off against attackers. If the player shoots too soon, he will be hanged for murder. Failing to fire in time, however, will result in being killed by the attack. As the player progresses, the timing becomes more precise. Distributed by Centuri in the U.S., it was Konami's only laserdisc game." (Wikipedia)